Category Archives: Latest News

Community helps out as boy fights for life after crash

February 18, 2019

A RED Hill boy was left fighting for life late last week after the car being driven by his mother crashed head-on into another car in Red Hill South. Paramedics rushed to the horror scene on the Poin...

Cash-strapped festival says ‘no thanks’ to AGL

February 12, 2019

ORGANISERS of the 50th Western Port Festival at Hastings say they have knocked back potential sponsorship from AGL despite being short of money and “up in the air” over grants promised by Mornington ...

Building plans slammed as residents assess the meaning of ‘special’...

February 11, 2019

A DEVELOPER’S bid to build 10 apartments on a 1003 square metre block in Mornington comes as Mornington Peninsula Shire holds a series of public meetings aimed at guiding future development across re...

Fines flow from jet-ski crackdown

February 11, 2019

SORRENTO and Mt Martha beaches recorded the highest number of offences by jet skiers during the Water Police’s Operation Jetwash. Thirty-one offences were detected at each of those beaches in the ope...

Wrong turn or right, path goes ahead

February 11, 2019

DESPITE work about to start on the footpath and road upgrade in Coppin Road, Sorrento, the gulf between those wanting it and those opposed is as wide as ever. Geoff Allen says the project was “ill-co...

Snorkeler dies off Mount Eliza

February 10, 2019

A man has died in Port Philip Bay off Mount Eliza this afternoon. Police were alerted to the missing snorkeler in the water off Daveys Bay Road when he failed to return to shore just after 5pm. Water...

Police seek information on Rosebud paddle boarder

February 9, 2019

Water police are appealing for public assistance following reports of a paddle boarder seen in distress at Rosebud this afternoon. Police received reports a man on a stand up board was seen in distre...

Parking protest over care centre’s plans

February 5, 2019

BALNARRING residents opposed to the building of an aged care home in their street “will most definitely” fight the bid when it goes before the Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal. The planning ap...

Hunt under pressure of coup fallout

February 4, 2019

JULIA Banks finally broke cover on Thursday last week with an “announcement” that had been rumoured for weeks: she will stand as an independent candidate for Flinders at the May federal election. In ...

Police put brakes on car crimes

February 4, 2019

DETECTIVES from the Mornington Peninsula and Frankston have charged 26 people as part of Operation Pandora which targets vehicle crime. Seventeen of those charged since the operation began on 7 Janua...